Edgar Charles Polome
Edgar Charles Polomé (born July 31, 1920 in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean , † March 11, 2000 in Houston ) was a Belgian - American Indo-Europeanist and professor of comparative religion and linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin .
From 1938 he studied German and German philology at the Université libre de Bruxelles . In 1945 he joined the US Army and served as an interpreter in Eschwege . After the war he received his doctorate from the University of Brussels in 1949.
Polomé was appointed to the University of Texas for a visiting professorship by Winfred P. Lehmann in 1960 and was later given a full professorship at the Institute for German Linguistics.
literature
- Mohammad Ali Jazayery, Werner Winter (Ed.) Languages and Cultures - Studies in Honor of Edgar C. Polomé . (= Trends in Linguistic. Studies and Monographs ; 36). Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1988 (Reprint 2010), ISBN 978-3-11-086435-9 .
- therein Mohammad Ali Jazayery: Edgar C. Polomé: A biographical sketch , pp. 1–2.
- therein Mohammad Ali Jazayery: Bibliography of EC Polomé , pp. 2–20.
Web links
- obituary
- Publications Polmés in the OPAC of the Regesta imperii
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Polome, Edgar Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian-American Indo-Europeanist, university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 31, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Molenbeek-Saint-Jean |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 11, 2000 |
| Place of death | Houston |